Just about as big as D'Amatos, it sounds like. Funny thing is, while they
are about 50---100% taller, the width is still the same. They are very
stilt-like in appearance. Fortunately they are of good substance and don't
topple over like S. alata or flava pitchers sometimes do.
>(I'm glad no one here would take these comments out of context).
Oh gosh, I'm sure no one on this list ever would!
>I'm in need of some live spahgnum moss. I've noticed
Don't worry about it. Use dead stuff. The only stuff I'm sure to use live
moss on is some Utricularia, a couple of Pings, and leaf cuttings. I do like
to wrap a couple of strands around Nepenthes cuttings too.
>I'm concerned about my D capillaris. They (all three of them) seem to be
>wilting away, even though their treatment hasn't changed. They ARE over one
Temperature hasn't increased or decreased? Have they just finished a bout of
flowering?
>Aliciae and D. Binata NZ. Still no luck with D Stolonifera compacta, and
>limited success with all those Nepenthes seed.
Yeah Doug, I've had limited success with the Nepenthes seed, since I'm
sure that 0 = limited.
Earl, the tags on the Nepenthes I sent you should read...
1. N. X Hookeriana
2. N. hybrid (originally from Gordon)
Of course, who knows if #1 is correctly ID'd, and the ID of #2 could be
anything
>Only two of them, N. Hybrid Gordon and Maxima Thorelli have lots
>of pitchers. Most of the pitchers on the other plants turn brown
>and don't turn into pitchers. I fertilize them with Miracle Grow,
>1/4 teaspoon /gal about once a month...I know I should do it more
>often, right?
I don't know---ask Nepenthes Gods like Mike. I just follow his lead and keep
mine at about 100% humidity and they pitcher great. I never fertilize and
suggest you think about not fertilizing the ones that aren't pitchering. They
certainly aren't happy about something.
>something to that order). I am getting really curiuos now about US marl
>bogs. Barry, does that bog book of yours mention these?
Mike, this weekend Bridgett was in town and we had other more important
matters to attend to. Now she's back north I'll pursue some more monkish
activities.
>Barry, do you have any D. anglica from me? Mine rarely go dormant. I
>got em from the seed bank.
I've got three anglica: from you, Rob's `Yukon,' and some from Strathcona
British Columbia which sound a lot like Rob's Fort Nelson giants. They all
go dormant in the fall, but note I have them in a greenhouse subject to all
sorts of diurnal temp/lighting variations. Yours are in a terrarium.
>I have seen N. lowii. Perhaps I shouldn't be letting the word out... but
>Gordon has seedlings, and those are what I saw.
Tell you what, Mike...this thursday night we meet at the corner. You keep an
eye on the bedroom window, I'll sneak rond back. I take out any guards
and....
>seem to be in reasonable condition. Has anyone heard of a U. longifolia
>"miniature form"? (I thought that it might have been U. calcifida
>mislabelled,
>but Fred offered us some of this too... Maybe its U. alpina :-) )
Yeah, I've got something from Christoph Belanger he calls something like
that. I've no idea what it is yet. And since it probably will never
flower I doubt I ever will. He *says* it has blue flowers which puts it
on a very short list, excluding calycifida and alpina.
ARRGH! Red mites remain on the U. longifolia in spite of manual and
chemical attacks! I've now thrown the entire plant away except for a
tiny bit which was underwater. Time to start all over.
BAMR